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  • C.S. Lewis on the Decline of Reasoning

    C.S. Lewis on the Decline of Reasoning0

    The old adage declares that “there is nothing new under the sun.” Nevertheless, it’s hard not to be amazed when something written by past generations strikes to the heart of what we are dealing with today. So it was when I picked up a copy of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters written in 1942. For

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  • C.S. Lewis on the Deadly Sin of Gluttony

    C.S. Lewis on the Deadly Sin of Gluttony0

    It’s typical to associate gluttony with overconsumption, or, an excess of food or drink. But according to C.S. Lewis, that’s only one form the vice takes. The broader definition of gluttony is any inordinate desire related to food or drink. That includes overconsumption, but it also includes overselectivity regarding the type or quality of food and drink. A memorable passage in

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  • C.S. Lewis on the Christmas “Racket”

    C.S. Lewis on the Christmas “Racket”0

    Last month, Gallup rolled out its annual poll regarding how much Americans intend to spend on Christmas gifts. Surprisingly, average spending on gifts was expected to jump $100 from last year’s amount, for a grand total of $830 per person. Such a finding oddly underscores what C.S. Lewis once labeled as “the third thing called

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  • C.S. Lewis on the 4 Major Differences between the Present and the Recent Past

    C.S. Lewis on the 4 Major Differences between the Present and the Recent Past0

    • September 18, 2015

    You may have read C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, and perhaps you’ve even read some of his nonfiction works such as Mere Christianity or The Abolition of Man.   But chances are you haven’t come across Lewis’ “De Descriptione Temporum” (“On the Description of Ages”) – the first lecture he gave after receiving the

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  • C.S. Lewis on How to Be Yourself

    C.S. Lewis on How to Be Yourself1

    When faced with a challenge, most of us have received advice to “just be yourself.” Those offering advice have good intentions. Yet, we might think, “I’m anxious, frightened, and insecure. I don’t want to be myself.” C.S. Lewis would agree that the self-concept we have created is unreliable. Fortunately, the self we have created is

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  • C.S. Lewis on How the Ego Thwarts Prayer

    C.S. Lewis on How the Ego Thwarts Prayer0

    Do you ever pray? Pew Research recently posed that question to Americans and found that if the U.S. was a village composed of 100 people, just a little more than half would pray daily. Twenty-one percent would pray weekly or monthy, while 23 percent rarely would. I found this scenario interesting, particularly when viewed in

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